#4AC4E2#4AC4E2

#4AC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AC4E2
RGB	rgb(74, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -24.43, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 34.84, 225.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0908 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.114 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2857, 46.4226, 78.9849)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AC4E2 #E2684A

analogous

#4AE2B4 #4AC4E2 #4A78E2

triadic

#4AC4E2 #E24AC4 #C4E24A

tetradic

#4AC4E2 #B44AE2 #E2684A #78E24A

square

#4AC4E2 #B44AE2 #E2684A #78E24A

split-complementary

#4AC4E2 #E24A78 #E2B44A

monochromatic

#198099 #21ACCE #4AC4E2 #7FD5EA #B3E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4AC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#4AC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AC4E2

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AC4E2	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ac4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6eb',
    500: '#4ac4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ac4e2;
$custom-light: #8ed6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ac4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76456,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AC4E2

secondary

#E2B2A6

accent

#5D39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AC4E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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